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FM HONG KONG
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TELNO 2982
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INFO ROUTINE HAVANA
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HAVANA TELNO 1 : CUBAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG
1. THE CUBAN CONSUL-GENERAL, ALVAREZ, HAS RECENTLY RE-APPEARED IN HONG KONG AFTER AN ABSENCE OF OVER ONE YEAR. HE INFORMED US THAT HE WAS NOW CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG AND HỌ CHI MINH CITY AND HE HAD BEEN RESIDENT IN HO CHI MINH CITY FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS. WHEN PRESSED ALVAREZ WAS VAGUE ABOUT WHETHER HIS AUTHORITIES HAD NOTIFIED YOU OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WHETHER IT WAS TO BE A PERMANENT ARRANGEMENT.
2. WE INDICATED IN OUR TELNO 638 THAT WE WOULD NOT BE HAPPY WITH DOUBLE ACCREDITATION FROM VIETNAM. IT IS NOT OUR PRACTICE TO ACCEPT DOUBLE ACCREDITATION (OTHER THAN TO MACAU) EVEN WHEN THE HEAD OF MISSION IS RESIDENT IN HONG KONG. IF THE CUBANS HAVE NOT/NOT INFORMED US OF ALVAREZ'S ACCREDITATION IN VIETNAM THEY ARE IN BREACH OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON CONSULAR RELATIONS.
3. GRATEFUL IF THE MATTER COULD BE RAISED WITH THE CUBANS AND CLARIFICATION SOUGHT ON THE CONSUL-GENERAL'S EXACT STATUS.
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